What is CVE-2015-4941?

CVE-2015-4941 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Websphere Mq Light, classified under CWE-17. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2016-01-01.

How severe is CVE-2015-4941?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in IBM Websphere Mq Light

CVE-2015-4941

IBM WebSphere MQ Light 1.x before 1.0.2 mishandles abbreviated TLS handshakes, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (MQXR service crash) via unspecified vectors.

Published 2016-01-01 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.024 (83.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 83rd percentile — 83.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.024 · newest: 0.024 · change: 0.000

Affected products

IBM Websphere Mq Light — versions 1.0, 1.0.0.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-17

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/79690 (vdb-entry)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1034580 (vdb-entry)
www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-4941?: CVE-2015-4941 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Websphere Mq Light, classified under CWE-17. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2016-01-01.
How severe is CVE-2015-4941?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.